E-bike batteries blamed for 22 NYC fires, 2 deaths this year
New York City officials say lithium ion batteries used to power electric bicycles and scooters have already sparked 22 fires that caused 36 injuries and two deaths this year.
World ‘not yet prepared enough’ as H5N1 avian flu strain keeps spreading, WHO official warns
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Rod Stewart visits Essex hospital and pays for day of patients’ MRI scans
Singer said he wanted to pay for scans elsewhere in the UK to help people get treatment more quicklyRod Stewart visited his local NHS hospital on Friday and paid for a day of scans for patients to help reduce waiting lists.The singer-songwriter, 78, sa…
Strong increase in Russian jamming over northern Norway
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US judge won’t block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line
A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and a mining company in a fight with environmentalists and tribal leaders trying to block a huge lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line.
Alex Murdaugh continues to claim wife and son were murdered because of 2019 boat wreck
‘So what you’re telling this jury is it’s a random vigilante, the 12 year-old 5’2” people that just happen to know that Paul and Maggie were both at Moselle on June 7?’ responded the prosecutor
Money, money, money: Big profits drive cartels’ fixation on fentanyl
Fentanyl made in clandestine labs has proved highly deadly and is increasingly found in a range of drugs other than heroin, including cocaine and fake prescription pills. Still, it raises the question: Why would suppliers be willing to kill some of the…
They were born into war. Now, they’re celebrating their first birthday in the U.S.
Twins Lenny and Moishe were born premature to a surrogate mother in Kyiv just as Russia began its attack on Ukraine. They went through a daring journey to reach their eventual home in Chicago.
Democrat-led states challenge US over abortion pill restrictions
Twelve states join a lawsuit alleging the US government has placed unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone.